Contractors recently completed major construction on this TIA-funded project that was developed to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians in part of Dublin's Stubbs Park neighborhood - just west of the current Stubbs Park footprint. The two biggest parts of the project involved the installation of roundabouts to replace the intersections at West Moore Street at Claxton Dairy Road and Calhoun Street at Woodrow Avenue. Roundabouts do three important things: they allow traffic to flow more freely, they slow drivers down and they force them to pay more attention - all of which will benefit the motorists and the surrounding residents. The roundabouts have been landscaped to be aesthetically pleasing as well.
Drivers will notice that Calhoun Street is no longer connected to West Moore Street - the portion of roadway that joined the two has been removed to allow the city to move forward with overall plans to redevelop and enlarge Stubbs Park. Civic leaders opted to install a new circular parking lot where the old roadway was located to encourage residents to drop by and make use of new pedestrian facilities.
As for those pedestrian facilities, new sidewalk has been built in to connect a walkway entirely around the space bordered by West Moore Street, Elm Street, Woodrow Avenue and the former portion of Calhoun Street. To provide added safety for walkers and the surrounding area, elegant light poles are situated all along the sidewalk. They have banner-holders so the city can add signage as needed.
The project was advanced as one part of a the broader effort to redevelop Stubbs Park and its surrounding neighborhood as a 'point of pride' for the city of Dublin and Laurens County as a whole. Keep an eye out for the next steps in the city's plans!